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Definitions Expressive Culture: The social production of aesthetic forms and performances in everyday life; music, verbal art, play, material culture, celebration, ritual, and display. Ideology: A body of ideas, usually political and/or economic, forming the basis of a national or sectarian policy. Neopaganism: The reconstruction and revival of pre-Christian religious traditions. Polysemy: The coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase. May also be applied to symbols. Scene(s): Socially dynamic sites where metal music is created, consumed, and lived. These may be local and characterized by face-to-face contact or global and characterized by the sharing of information via physical or electronic correspondence. Symbology: The study or use of symbols. White Nationalism: White nationalist groups espouse white supremacist or white separatist ideologies, often focusing on the alleged inferiority of nonwhites. Groups listed in a variety of other categories - Ku Klux Klan, neo-Confederate, neo-Nazi, racist skinhead, and Christian Identity - could also be fairly described as white nationalist.

Ideology and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Ideology and the Music: Music itself can express ideologies in various ways. However, the playing of certain kinds of music by certain people in or from certain places can also have ideological implications. Ideology and the Musicians: The Israeli and Palestinian musicians in the orchestra come from different places and bring various ideologies with them from home. Ideology, the Musicians, and the Orchestra: The coming together of Israeli and Palestinian musicians creates a space where ideologies are expressed, contested, and changed. Ideology, the Musicians, the Orchestra, and the Audience: The orchestra’s audience brings its individual and collective ideologies to performances, which creates another space for ideological work to happen. There are many opportunities for ideological inflection here, and the same may be said for metal music, musicians, and audiences.

Satanism and Black Metal in Norway Charismatic Christianity and its literature is imported from the U. S. in the 1970 s. This literature paints Satanism as both a historical development and a social problem. Black Metal emerges in the 1990 s and derives its subcultural capital from Charismatic Christian ideas about Satan, the Church of Satan founded by Anton La. Vey in the U. S. , and popular culture 5. The violence perpetrated by some members of the Black Metal subculture combines with primarily North American claims about a worldwide satanic ritual abuse conspiracy, which has since come to be known as the “Satanic Panic. ”

Northern European Neopaganism and Black Metal in Norway Some Black Metal musicians lost interest in Satanism both as a countercultural expression and as a belief system, adopting instead the gods, symbols, and revitalized beliefs of pre-Christian, Northern Europe. Some of these musicians infused these with white nationalist ideology. (Upper) Gold Thor’s Hammer at the Stockholm Museum. (Lower) The Elder Futhark, oldest known runic alphabet, used throughout ancient Northern and Western Europe.

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